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This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This educational and eco-friendly community is Iceland's "home of the sun."

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

This collection of several museums includes one of the oldest structures in Iceland.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.